Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale Ale

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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A copper color with white head. Aroma is faint with citrus and caramel. Flavor is bitter with mainly lemons but little else going on. Very one dimensional. Aftertaste is a little odd. Very average

Tempted dirty brown appearance and flavorful aroma with a strong taste with an almost warming mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Originally reviewed: 10/16/08. Stopped by the brewery itself for lunch and had this brew. Came out a light copper/orange color with about a half-inch head. Pretty good retention with some spotty lacing. Smell the hops right away. This beer smells good. Some citrus scents in there as well. First thing I notice about this beer is the nice crisp hop bitterness. A little more bitter than most APAs, but very good nonetheless. Some caramel malt taste tries to balance this one out, but the hop is king here. This had a good amount of carbonation that gave it a nice crisp feeling. This was a good APA, but not my favorite of their offerings for sure.

Poured out of a growler into a 1L glass mug. Appearance is a slightly hazy medium copper with a very tiny head. Nose has plenty of earthy hops along with some caramel and toffee notes from the malt. Flavor is a bit watery from the start with a quick shot of hoppy bitterness. Some earthyness from the hops quickly follows along with some caramel and biscuit. A pleasant maltyness lingers through the finish. Overall this isn’t a bad beer but the body is lacking. I also feel it is a little more hoppy than it should be and the malt kind of gets buried.

Draft. Pours golden orange with a white head. Light citric hoppy aroma with some grassy notes. The flavor has floral and grassy hops, light citric fruity notes, pale clean malty notes, and not much sweetness. Pretty good.

Draft at the brew pub. nutty and malty flavors. Some piney hop flavors, very light bittering finish.

From sampler flight at Foothills. Excellent pale ale with a crisp bitter finish.

Draft at the brewpub. Bright and copper. Light but still lacing. Tangy and quite citric. Sucks the moisture right out of your mouth. Delish. (#4276, 10/4/2011)

A translucent amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, butterscotch malt with faint British hops. In mouth, a nice honey laden malt, lingering over smooth Cascade hops, a bit light but good. On tap at the brewpub, August 13, 2011.

at G2B pub in Durham. another on the list of how I hadn’t rated this yet, oh well, Good aroma, sweet, citrusy, lemon & orange, little caramel malt. Clean golden orange color, small head, little to no lace. Bitter sweet flavor. Lite body, smooth oily mouthfeel, bitter sweet finish. Nice easy to drink pale ale. aroma is best part for me. nice citrusy notes. always happy with a Pilot mountain.

6 oz sample at Foothills on 7/24/11. orange pour with small white head. citrus hop nose with nice caramel malt notes. medium body with citrus bitterness balanced well with caramel malt tones. semi-dry finish with lingering bitterness and light fruits. good.